Muscle Responses to Passive Joint Movements in Infants During the First Year of Life

Muscle Responses to Passive Joint Movements in Infants During the First Year of Life

Muscle tone represents one of the important concepts for characterizing changes in the state of the developing nervous system. It can be manifested in the level of activity of flexors and extensors and in muscle reactions to its passive stretching (StR) or shortening (ShR). Here we investigated such...

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Main Authors: Irina A. Solopova, Dmitry S. Zhvansky, Irina Y. Dolinskaya, Elena S. Keshishian, Victor A. Selionov, Francesca Sylos-Labini, Francesco Lacquaniti, Yury Ivanenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
early development
passive movements
shortening reaction
stretch response
muscle tone
infants
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.01158/full

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